square hollow form

this is a spalted maple hollow form i worked on this weekend, it is 6 inchs tall with cap and 7 inchs from wing tip to wing tip. the walls and wings are about 3/16 thick. it is finished with a wipe on poly because i noticed that tung oil makes the spalted wood look muddy. the cap is rosewood. all comments welcome.

” A Tip of the Hat ” to you sir. This has to be one of the nicest Hollow Forms I have seen in quite some time.

At first look, I thought you had cheated with a two piece , glued together,,,,, but on closer investigation I see it is a true HF. Well done. And of course, the spalting in that maple really sets it off.

I too was fooled into thining that the maple part was done in two pieces. Impressive turning! The one time I tried turning spalted maple I had a heck of a time with soft sections in the wood. Did you have similar challenges with this piece?

It’s beautiful, great job. I will keep that tung oil tip in mind. I just got some of that spalted maple toadt, along with butternut, and honey locus. The locus is crazy hard wood but sands to a nice polish.

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